- Chéreau, Patrice
- (November 2, 1944, Lezigne, Maine-et-Loire, France - )The son of painters, he is mostly a stage director (from 1963) and opera director (from 1969) and notably ran the Sartrouville Theatre (1966-1969) and the Nanterre Théâtre des Amandiers (1982-1990). He played in a few movies (1983 Danton, Andrzej Wajda, France / Poland / West Germany; 1985 Adieu Bonaparte / Weda'an Bonapart, Youssef Chahine, France / Egypt; 1992 The Last of the Mohicans, Michael Mann, USA; 1994 La Bête de Scène, short, Bernard Nissile; 1997 Lucie Aubrac, Claude Berri; 1999 Le Temps retrouvé / Il tempo ritrovato / O tempo reencontrado / UK: Time Regained / USA: Marcel Proust's Time Regained, Raul Ruiz, France / Italy / Portugal; 2002 Au plus près du Paradis / Lo mas cercano al cielo, Tonie Marshall, France / Spain; 2003 Le Temps du Loup / Wolfzet / UK: The Time off the Wolf, Michael Haneke, France / Austria / Germany).Filmography1975 ◘ La Chair de l'Orchidée / Un'orchidea rosso sangue / Das Fleisch der Orchidee / UK: Flesh of the Orchid / USA: Flesh and the Orchid (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)1978 ◘ Judith Therpauve (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)1983 ◘ L'Homme blessé / UK and USA: The Wounded Man (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist)1987 ◘ Hôtel de France (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter)1991 ◘ Contre l'Oubli / Ecrire contre l'Oubli / Against Oblivion / USA: Lest We Forget (documentary; co-director only)1994 ◘ La Reine Margot / La Regina Margot / Die Batholomausnacht / USA: Queen Margot (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist; France / Italy / Germany)1998 ◘ Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le Train / USA: Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)2001 ◘ Intimité / Intimacy / Intimidad (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist; France / UK / Spain / Germany)2003 ◘ Son frère (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)2005 ◘ Gabrielle / Gabrielle—Liebe meines Lebens (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / Germany / Italy)Television Filmography1985 ◘ La Fausse Suivante1992 ◘ Le Temps et la Chambre1994 ◘ Wozzeck1996 ◘ Dans la Solitude des Champs de Coton
Encyclopedia of French film directors . Philippe Rège. 2011.